How can policing best communicate our ambitions, decisions and use of science and technology to improve public awareness and understanding?
Background
"Policing’s Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) are underpinned by three enduring challenges that are relevant to all of the question groups, which reflect our seven service lines. We are keen, therefore, that they are given prominent consideration in everything that we do.
1. Building and maintaining public trust
2. Future workforce and training
3. Responding to the climate crisis
1. Building and maintaining public trust:
The National Police Chiefs' Council commits to delivering innovation that is proportionate, fair, ethical, legal, and supported by the public. We have a ‘transparency first’ ethos, viewing this approach as one of many of our efforts to build public trust. Thus, underpinning all our ARIs is a need to understand how the public feels about our science and technology."
Next steps
"We welcome your engagement with our ARIs in the following ways:
• If you have evidence that completely or partly supports or answers one of our ARIs, we invite you to share that with us. For any ongoing research relevant to policing and crime reduction, we encourage you to register your research on the College of Policing’s research projects map, which has been designed to promote collaboration and support requests for participants.
• If you are, or plan to be, carrying out research that relates to one of our ARIs, we’d like to hear about it. While we cannot respond to speculative approaches for research funding, we will where possible act to support your ambitions, including finding you policing partners where possible.
• If you are submitting a funding or grant application that aligns with one of our ARIs, we hope that referencing policing’s ARIs will help to strengthen your case for the possible public impact of the research.
• We will use the ARI document to structure our academic engagement, prioritise events and build new connections with external partners. We will be using our ARIs in our engagement with UKRI, and we will publish any opportunities for funding via our website https://science.police.uk/
Please send any correspondence and questions to csa@npcc.police.uk, including ‘ARI’ in the subject heading."
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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An Exploratory Knowledge Exchange Platform for Policing: Exploiting Knowledge Assets, Utilising Data and Piloting Research Co-production
The project will build a strategic and innovative knowledge exchange and research co-production platform, providing a structured relationship between West Yorkshire Police (WYP), the Office of the PCC for West Yorkshire ...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on knowledge exchange and research co-production, but does not directly address communication of ambitions and decisions related to science and technology.
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Identifying Future Capabilities for Community Policing (KOBAN)
Across Europe society is changing due to demographic, technological and economic developments. Communities are getting more diverse, both in real life and online. This challenges Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to engage...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Why might this be relevant?
Partially addresses building and maintaining public trust through community policing initiatives.
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NCJL Academic Lead
Across policing and the Home Office there are critical questions that need answering in order to improve criminal justice outcomes. The information exists to answer many of these questions but is hidden within large data...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
Does not directly address the question of communicating ambitions, decisions, and use of science and technology in policing.